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Happy’s Tech Talk #40: Factors in PTH Reliability—Hole Voids

07/09/2025 | Happy Holden -- Column: Happy’s Tech Talk
When we consider via reliability, the major contributing factors are typically processing deviations. These can be subtle and not always visible. One particularly insightful column was by Mike Carano, “Causes of Plating Voids, Pre-electroless Copper,” where he outlined some of the possible causes of hole defects for both plated through-hole (PTH) and blind vias.

Trouble in Your Tank: Can You Drill the Perfect Hole?

07/07/2025 | Michael Carano -- Column: Trouble in Your Tank
In the movie “Friday Night Lights,” the head football coach (played by Billy Bob Thornton) addresses his high school football team on a hot day in August in West Texas. He asks his players one question: “Can you be perfect?” That is an interesting question, in football and the printed circuit board fabrication world, where being perfect is somewhat elusive. When it comes to mechanical drilling and via formation, can you drill the perfect hole time after time?

IPC Update on the Latest U.S.– China Trade Announcement

06/18/2025 | IPC
On June 12, the Trump Administration announced an agreement to implement the framework of the trade deal with China reached earlier in May. Reports indicate the following high-level terms: A 55% combined tariff on imports from China, 10% “reciprocal” tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 20% IEEPA-based fentanyl tariffs, and Existing Section 301 tariffs, which in many cases are 25%.

All About That Route: Design007 Magazine June 2025

06/09/2025 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
Do you prefer manual routing or autorouting? Maybe you’re one of the designers who performs manual routing with an autorouter. Most designers favor manual routing, but today's interactive autorouters may be changing designers' minds by allowing users more direct control. In this issue, our expert contributors discuss a variety of manual and autorouting strategies.

Global Smart Manufacturing Market Size to Reach $787.54 Billion by 2030

06/02/2025 | PRNewswire
The global Smart Manufacturing Market Size is projected to be valued at USD 297.20 billion in 2023 and reach $787.54 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 14.9% according to a new report by The Research Insights.
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